Configuring the Router as a DCE

By default, when you configure an interface with Frame Relay encapsulation, the routing platform is assumed to be data terminal equipment (DTE). That is, the routing platform is assumed to be at a terminal point on the network. To configure the routing platform to be data circuit-terminating equipment (DCE), include the dce statement at the [edit interfaces interface-name] hierarchy level:

[edit interfaces interface-name]

dce; 

When you configure the routing platform to be a DCE, keepalives are disabled by default.

For back-to-back Frame Relay connections, either disable the sending of keepalives on both sides of the connection, or configure one side of the connection as a DTE (the default JUNOS configuration) and the other as a DCE.